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THE JUMPSTARTER
Back & Forth As we begin to welcome 2018, we reflect on the old year and look
forward to the new. Your Club has been very active this year with
many activities planned and executed by Fred Rank. Without Fred’s
tireless work, along with the rest of the Board, the Sonoran Desert
Region would not be an active organization. As we all know, the col-
lector car hobby is not attracting young members. Your Board is do-
ing everything in its power to keep active and hopefully attract new
members. Through its activities, we hope that all members will in-
clude their family and friends, Please consult our Calendar of
Events and invite others to attend with you. Through your efforts,
the Old Car Hobby will survive.
In this issue of The Jumpstarter, you will see articles about some of
the 2017 activities. The Schedule of Events will enable you to plan
ahead for the New Year. Mark your calendars and attend as many
functions as possible.
For the past few years as well as 2018, one of our major Sponsors
has been, and will be, Arrowhead Cadillac. Their monetary contribu-
tions along with promotional materials has been wonderful for the
club. We have worked closely with them, providing our members’
vehicles for parades and other functions. Please patronize them as
well as our other Sponsors and Advertisers. Without them, we
would be hard pressed to keep our dues low and provide subsidies
to various activities.
From your Board of Directors, we wish you and your entire family a
Healthy and Happy New Year. We look forward to your continued
membership and participation in the Cadillac LaSalle Club—Sonoran
Division.
Volume 25, Number 1 January 2018
MEMBERSHIP
Monthly Dinner
2nd Tuesday’s
September—May
6:00 pm
10100 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale AZ
WWW.CLCSDR.ORG
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Directors Emeritus
Phil Terry
Dave Ritchie
Dave Dubie
Peter Hilgeman
Fred Lee
Directors & Officers
Jerry McGilsky, Director & Treasurer
Dee Pellegrini, Assistant Director
Richard Dormois, Secretary & Membership
Rick Simonick, Advertising Director
Joe Luber, Newsletter/Web-Site
Fred Rank, Activities Director
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C & LC—Sonoran Desert Region Directors and Officers
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Presidents Message
By Jerry McGilsky – Director
I trust all of you had a great Holiday Season!
So far we have had a successful season of events. Once again, we as a Club, submitted donations totaling $1,000.00 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix at our annual RMH Show at the Pavilions. Thanks to all that brought out their beautiful Cadillac’s – in spite of the possibility of rain! Fortunately it turned out to be a perfect day for a car show.
We also had a great turn out for the EVIT Show in October. This is a very important event as it brings in the younger generation into the fold of the Car Hobby. Let’s keep the hobby alive! Bring your kids and/or grand kids to our events, meetings, local car shows, car auctions, etc. The more exposure we provide the more enthusiasm will be generated.
One of our non-car-show events was the Dolphin exhibit at the OdySea Aquarium. WOW! What a great event. We did not have a big turn out, but those that did attend had a great time, educational, fun, and a nice relaxing lunch in our private cabana. We even had one Member swim with the Dol-phins.
We had many other events that you will read about, along with photos, in Fred Rank’s report on ac-tivities. Special thanks to Fred for all his efforts! It is a lot of work to plan, set up, and coordinate events. That being said the Club could use some volunteers to help in this area. Volunteers could help out with some of the behind the scenes work that needs to be done or even host an event. Should you like to volunteer simply approach any Board Member.
January is free from Club events, and I’m sure you all know why – Auction Frenzy!
Just a reminder that our Monthly Membership Meetings will continue through May, the second Tues-day of each month at the usual place-California Pizza Kitchen in N. Scottsdale, fun always starts at 6:00pm, general meeting at 7:00pm. Wear your Club Name Badge to be entered in the two $25.00 cash prizes!
On the Club Treasury side, our Club is in good standing and we were able to subsidize many of our events last season and this season. Our Club is also in “Good Standing” with the Arizona Corpora-tion Commission, listed as a non-profit LLC. All of our annual sponsor’s renewed their ads so please patronize all of them as much as you can.
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Events Monthly dinner meetings, 2nd Tuesday of Each Month
California Pizza Kitchen Gold Dust and Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ Check emails for complete information
Monthly - Scuderia Southwest Cars and Coffee – 1st Saturday, 7:00 to 10:00 AM
Scottsdale Road and Mayo Blvd. (near the 101)
January 2018 - See Emails for Details
January 13-21 Barrett Jackson’s Auction - Scottsdale
January 17, Worldwide Auction , 6460 East McDowell Road, Scottsdale
January 17 - 19, Bonham's, Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, 6902 East Greenway Parkway, Phoenix
January 17-21 Russo Steele, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, 7555 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale
January 18-10 RM Sotheby's, Arizona Biltmore
January 19-20 Gooding’s, Scottsdale Fashion Square, 4700 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
January 19-22 Silver, Fort McDowell Resort & Casino, 10438 N Fort McDowell Rd., Fort McDowell
February 2018 - See Emails for Details
Member Appreciation luncheon - February 3, 2018, 3:00 PM Don and Charlies Restaurant 7501 E. Camelback Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Concours Fountain Hills Car Show for Boys and Girls Clubs - February 10, 2018. Rain Date February 11.
Register online givetopchf.org/concoursinthehills. Club convoys from the 101 and Shea at 7:30 am, NW corner.
Check emails for complete information
Events March 2018 - See Emails for Details
BPOC – Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Cadillac Show - March 2018 Pavilions 101 and Indian Bend Check emails for complete information
April 2018 - See Emails for Details
Day trip to Sedona, AZ – April 14, 2018
Lunch at L ’Auberge Restaurant
Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, AZ
Check emails for complete information
May 2018 - See Emails for Details
Monthly Dinner Meeting, May 8, 2018
California Pizza Kitchen Gold Dust and Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ
June 2018 - See Emails for Details
September 2018 - See Emails for Details
October 2018 - See Emails for Details
November 2017 - See Emails for Details
December 2017 - See Emails for Details
NOTE:
Dates and information subject to change. Please refer to later publications of this
Newsletter and emails from the Club
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Dolphinaris
On Saturday, November 4th, we arrived at 9:15am at the Dolphinaris off the 101 and Via de Ventu-ra . We had 12 members present to enjoy a fun and educational event. We first had an excellent 15 minute lecture next to the huge 12 foot deep pools housing the very smart and playful dol-phins. Now for the hands on personal contact with these 500 pound mammals called the “Land Ex-perience” and their devoted trainers By giving hand signals, the dolphins performed many happy moves with their fins and amazing strength in the salt water. The performing dolphin is fed a couple very fresh fish after each trick, by the trainer. We even were given a chance to touch their smooth skin which sheds a layer every 2 hours!! The trainer also allowed us, one at a time to kiss the dol-phins nose. They look so happy and she also made them make some of their unique noises though their “blow holes”. The dolphins must breath air. Trainers use a high pitch whistle to communicate with them besides the hand signals. Some of us got really wet ( Dave Dubie ) when they flipped their tails. ,Before doing all of these maneuvers in the pool with the dolphins, we had to lock up in provided lockers, all of our valuables; rings, jewelry, watches, wallets, cell phones, and anything that could drop into the pool and be swallowed accidentally by the dolphins.
One of our members, Natalie Simonick, took the Deluxe In Water Dolphin Experience which includ-ed a wet suit which is necessary in the 78 degree water. Of course, the dolphins “preferred temper-ature”. This experience involved floating in deep water with a mask and interacting with the dol-phins to witness their athletic moves. Pictures were taken by the staff of our group which you could buy.
When we finished with the dolphins, we adjourned to our own private Cabana #2 in the adjoin-ing Beach Club with views the hot tubs, separate swimming pool and the dolphin pools. Lunch and drinks were ordered while we watched all the happenings around us. This is Cadillac Style and if you missed, it especially at the super discount price we negotiated. Well, that truly is a shame. We departed at 2 PM.
Events
Fred Rank, Events Coordinator
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Glendale, AZ Parade
We all arrived at the same time, 8:30 am, on this brisk but sunny morning at the parade staging area in Glendale. To counteract this, our sponsor, Arrowhead Cadillac’s Robyn Schluter, graciously brought us hot coffee and doughnuts along with a hefty emergency car kit goody bag. How nice was that to get things rolling!!! Now, after settling into the routine of getting our dignitary riders assigned, the drivers were also presented with a $20..00 gas allowance courtesy of the CLCSDR for attending the event. A new plus for the drivers for sure!!!
At around noon, after a long wait, the parade finally got rolling as we passed thousands of happy Christmas spirited people down the route from 47th Avenue to 59th Avenue. Once finished with our duties, we headed to the “Kiss the Cook” restaurant, close by, to review the event. All the Cadillac convertibles performed to Cadillac perfection and we made our sponsor proud, I’m sure. Oh, I forgot; we had some fine Arrowhead Cadillac magnetic signs on each car.
We’ll probably be in line for this event next year so maybe you members who don’t have a convertible might want to acquire one to join in the fun! Check the Self Starter adds.
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East Valley Institute of Technology
We had 11 attendees with 8 cars at their first ever show, Saturday October 21st at the East Valley In-
stitute of Technology in Mesa to support their car restoration school. The tours of the car restoration facilities were excellent with the teachers doing the speaking along with some student’s excellent in-put. It was surprising to note that these young students really liked working on the classic cars. Along with bodywork; they also learn about the various engines, electrical and all the other systems of to-day’s cars and our classic cars. There were 4 large garages with donated cars from the major car manufacturers plus other private cars (tax deductible donations). It was impressive and you can take your car there at $15.00 per hour for repairs. The reason it’s so low is it takes more time to repair them. It is, after all, a teaching experience for the students. The car show area parking lot had many trees for shade so we had many good conversations while showing our cars. The show was run by the Copperstate Mustang Club which did an excellent job with food and prizes. It was a long drive for some, down the 101 to the Rio Salado exit 52 to Apache road. if you weren’t there, you missed a re-ally good experience. Plus, we have to support these schools for our own club’s cars perpetuity. Phil Terry of our club is on their Board of Directors. With more promotion, he promises an even better show next year.
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Ronald McDonald Charity Show
We had 20 cars in total attend the Ronald McDonald charity car show at Pavilions on sunny, Saturday Dec. 2
nd, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Our club presented Leslie Religiosa of Ronald McDonald House with a
check for $1,000, of which the members contributed $685.00 for the day. As usual, we had two shade tents (82 degrees) on the grass In front of McDonald’s courtesy of Richard Marker and Jerry McGilsky . Dee Pellegrini had some store items on sale on a the club table, along with 5 new member kits. We gave out all of the kits so we hope they will all come back completed. Tony Albany was one of the pro-spects attending and he was very enthusiastic about joining. Dave Dubie displayed his almost new 1960 Blue Fleetwood with 27K original miles. He had followed that car for 35 years before fate swung it his way. a true time capsule in pristine condition. It was surely a reason to attend this event as were the very interesting, lively conversations under the tents. The stories never stopped.
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SRP Show
On December 7th, we had 7 drivers who participated in this event, earning $500.00 for the club. This was our 3
rd event for Salt River Project over the past 7 years. They celebrate their history and new
buildings at their Home Office Complex in Tempe and their own Perro Park, over the years inviting clas-sic cars . A 1959 Cadillac owner / retired employee, Jim Powell was responsible for inviting our club to show our cars for the 50’s and 60’s, this time with Route 66 as the theme. We had lunch provided out-side in the show area by SRP along with a Mister Softee ice cream truck on site for all to enjoy in the 65 degree sunny temperatures . The employees enjoyed all the cars and after 3 and one half hours on site, we left for home. Many thanks to the following drivers; Dave Dubie, Fred Rank, Richard and Linda Os-ter, Tom Hamilton, Mark Ellingson, Ron Terry and Bill Hochraef. .
MEMBERSHIP/MUSEUM REPORT Secretary Richard Dormois This fall has blessed the Sonoran Desert Region with new members bringing our member-ship to ninety families, with THE ALBANYS, THE CARTERS, THE SHINES, THE MYERS and THE HALLS. As you see them at Fountain Hills, the California Pizza Kitchen and Don and Don & Charlie’s, welcome them to the best Car Club in the Valley of the Sun! As we once again approach the century mark, let us recover several of those families we lost in 2017. >
The Cadillac LaSalle Museum and Research Center at the Gilmore Car Museum Campus in Hickory Corners, Michigan, is now open twelve months a year and the exhibits are being rotated frequently. So if you haven't been in awhile, you should visit and take in the other six collections at the Gilmore, as well. We still need your help to keep this viable institution going. Send your tax deductible contributions to CLC MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CEN-TER, HENRY KNIGHT, 420 SOUTH GREY ROAD, AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN 48326. You are welcome to join us for the MRC Winter Board Meeting at the Westshore Grand Ho-tel in Tampa, Florida, Friday, March 2, 2018, as we move forward under new President Bill Anderson from Gambrills, Maryland. Don't forget to vote for your Cadillac La Ballclub Board of Directors. Your ballot is in the in your next Self Starter " You will see familiar names nominated.........BE SAFE!
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SONORAN DESERT REGION FEATURED FAMILY JIM AND LINDA RICHARDSON BY RICHARD DORMOIS Both Southern California natives, Linda born in Long Beach and Jim in Hollywood, they met at Weight Watch-ers several decades ago and their mutual love of cycling have taken them to most parts of the United States together. Some of their more memorable rides include a journey from Reedsport on the Oregon Coast to histor-ic Jamestown, Virginia in 1974, covering in excess of four thousand miles in ninety three days on a tandem bi-cycle. That, my friends, is togetherness! Upon arrival in Jamestown, Virginia, they were wed. Other rides of note were from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi and the length of the Pacific Coast from Brooks, Oregon to the Mexican border, at Tijuana. The stories from these three trips alone could fill interesting vol-umes. Not limited to moving about on two wheeled conveyance, Linda and Jim have taken part in scores of tours in machines powered by internal combustion. Probably, the better known is the "GREAT RACE" managed by the History Channel, Coker Tire, Hagerty Insurance and others, along with The Ferren’s, The Martin’s, The Price’s and other well known Cadillac LaSalle aficionados. Memories of the Governor's Rally could also be shared. Another of Jim and Linda's loves is bowling, to which they devote much energy and resources, many times melding it in with other pursuits. "GREAT RACE" folks recall, the Richardson’s being the only entrants in the event with their bowling balls in the trunk, and the couple finding bowling lanes at most venues at which they stopped. The couple compete regularly here in Arizona and many western lanes, both carrying respectable av-erages. To say the Richardson’s are collector car buffs might be a bit of an under statement. They have been involved in the Virtual Jeep Club, the Jaguar Club, the Packard Club, the Buick Club, the Corvette Club and have owned scores of collector cars over the years and now are most active with the Sonoran Desert Region of the Cadillac La Salle Club. The Richardson’s say they are a part of our Cadillac LaSalle Family because of the friends they have here. On a more personal note, Linda graduated from The University of California at Long Beach with a Bachelor's Degree in Geography and Jim graduated from the University of California at Fullerton with a Bachelor's Degree in Business. The family has been involved in Real Estate and the Insurance Business and are the proud par-ents of sons Jaimie and Eric who both live locally. The couple reside comfortably in their Phoenix home built in 1965 and enjoy their Cadillac Calais two door motorcar, built in 1965. This little story is but a precis of the interesting life of Linda and Jim Richardson who were so gracious to afford time for this very enjoyable interview. It might be fun to write Chapter Two of this wonderful couple. BE SAFE
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Okoboji Classic Cars
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
www.okobojicc.com
Written by Dennis R. Linn
Manager- Okoboji Classic Cars
At Okoboji Classic Cars we have an unbelievable 83,000 sq. ft. man-cave. A large portion of this is
open to the public for tours. The remainder of the building houses our state of the art restoration shop.
Our man-cave appears to be Spencer & Arnolds Park, Iowa back in the 1960’s. Arnold’s Park is an
amusement park located on the shore of West Okoboji Lake in Northwest Iowa. Lake Okoboji (East&
West) and Spirit Lake are part of a resort area dating back to the late 1800’s. During the tours you will
find 75-80 classic cars displayed on Main Street of Spencer and in the parking lot at Arnolds Park. The
hour long tour will definitely, take you back in time.
Sometime late summer of 2015 Allan Sieck, a farmer from the Rippey, Iowa area, came and toured
our facility. Allan was blown away with our facility and visited with our tour guide after the tour. Allan
pulled out his cell phone and showed our tour guide his old car that he had restored around 1980. He
stated that he still had the car, but was not intending on restoring the vehicle again at this point. Allan
was then introduced to our sale director. Our sales director visited with Allan about the car and asked if
it might be for sell. Our sales director then introduced Allan to Toby Shine the owner of our business and
they visited with Allan about the Cadillac. Toby, Allan and our sales director then came to an agreement
contingent on viewing the Cadillac.
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Our sales director & manager later drove to the Allan & Carol Sieck residence in rural Rippey, Iowa
to inspect the vehicle. The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado was a vehicle that we wished to purchase, so the
deal was made. The vehicle was then loaded onto a trailer and brought back to our facility to begin
it’s new life.
Allan & Carol have visited our facility many other times to check on the progress of their old car.
They have shared many stories about driving the Cadillac in parades & many families of kittens &
raccoons born in the Cadillac.
Our 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible arrived at Okoboji Classic Cars on August 27,
2015 where it began its 2 year restoration.
The body, engine, and transmission were removed from the frame. The frame was then
sandblasted, primed and painted a gloss black color. The frame and suspension were then rebuilt.
The engine was freshened up & painted. The transmission was rebuilt and painted before being re-
placed back into the frame. The exhaust system was replaced with stainless steel exhaust, running
the pipes through the frame as originally done.
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The body was put onto a body cart and it was media blasted to remove all of the old paint re-
vealing the damage, old body filler, and rust. The body had previous damage from accidents, as well
as rust, throughout the floor & quarter panels. Once the body work started the body was returned to
the frame so that the damaged panels could be repaired or replaced. After the body was finessed we
sprayed numerous coats of epoxy & high build primer so that the body could be block sanded to get
the “straight as an arrow” look we were after. The body was then sprayed with the Sterling Silver
paint which was the original color for this Cadillac. The Sterling Silver paint was topped off with sev-
eral coats of clear coat paint. The body was then color sanded with five different grits of sand paper
before it was buffed and polished.
The amount of chrome on the interior & exterior of the Cadillac was staggering. The chrome
was all removed, packaged up and sent to be re-chromed. The five Sabre wheels had to be sent off
to have the front half of the rim separated from the rear half. Once the rims were separated they went
two different directions with the front aluminum half getting re-chromed and the steel back half getting
sandblasted, primed, and painted. Once finished they were again joined and riveted together.
The interior of the car was removed and stripped down to make repairs to the seat frames.
New black and white leather was ordered in for the seat covers, which were made from the old pat-
terns. Black carpet was ordered for the interior as well as the trunk floor. A new convertible top was
ordered in and installed. When the interior chrome trim came back from the chrome shop it looked
amazing and really brightened up the interior of the car.
On September 10, 2017 Okoboji Classic Cars took the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz to the
Concours d’ Elegance car show in Des Moines. We were invited to the car show after a Packard car
club came to our facility. A member of the Packard club was a board member of the Concours d’ Ele-
gance show and he suggested we fill out an application to exhibit. We applied to exhibit our Cadillac
and we were accepted. Our 57 Cadillac was entered into the Atomic Age Collectibles class. To quote
The Des Moines Concours d’ Elegance committee, “ An outstanding exhibition of vintage, classic,
and collector automobiles is being assembled to celebrate the fine art, design evolution, and amazing
innovations of motor vehicles throughout the years.” We were 1 of 160 cars shown that day. We are
very proud that the Cadillac won first place in the Atomic Age Collectibles class and went on to also
win the “Best of Show” for the entire car show.
We are currently driving and enjoying a beautiful 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible.
It is very satisfying to share this remarkable piece of history and art with others interested in the car
hob.
Editors Note: The owner of this pristine Eldorado, Toby Shine and his wife, are new
members of the Sonoran Division.
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